In the last two weeks of the campaign. Hoosiers heard little else on
radio and television stations. That campaign song was the climactic
effort by Democrat Birch Bayh, 34, to unseat three-term Republican
Senator Homer Capehart, 65. And unseated Homer was. But it was less
because of Bayh's jumpy theme-tune than because Capehart looked, talked
and acted like an old codger.

Going for him, Capehart had experience, a recognized name, and a pretty
good political organization. Going against him, he had the most
ponderous manners and the...